::14 weeks have passed! And how these 14 weeks have just flown by.

I used to hate booking in to SAFTI MI every week, or every other week for that matter cuz we'd always be confined anyway. After 14 weeks, Tango Wing has been more than just a second home for me, it's where all my friends are. I sorta dint wanna book out today, knowing that i'll never get to return to Tango Wing as a cadet of Tango Platoon 2 anymore. Service Term is over, it's just flown by, especially the last few weeks. And everyone's splitting up into Armoured Infantry, Infantry, Signals and Combat Engineers(that's where i'll be).

Guess it's just a part of life in the army isnt it? Every time when we bond really well they have to split us up. And we didnt get the chance to say goodbye to our instructors either.

I'll miss my platoon. Im so glad LTA Dinesh convinced me to stay in OCS on the first day when i wanted to transfer to SISPEC instead. I dare say i've met the best of friends i could ever have in my platoon. Looking back over the past 14 weeks, Im glad ive come this far. And i doubt i could have done it without the guys who kept pushing me on whenever i wanted to quit. 21 more weeks in Pro Term, in a totally new environment, without the faces you're used to seeing every day will possibly be a nightmare. And im still puzzled on how i ended up in Combat Engineers.

The finale for Service Term was yesterday morning's 23km route march. 29km actually. And i finally got that 3rd white bar. The senior bar. And i can finally wear the white admin shorts with the white admin shirt. Everyone looks so senior. The junior wings came in 3 days ago. They look so funny. 'Aeronautical' jockey caps, over-enthusiasm, and other stuff. I guess we were like that when we first came in too.

I will miss my buddy. Definitely. Talk cock king.

I will miss my gay buddy. lol. [Yuck!]

I will miss 'section five', a.k.a. the MOS gang. Never met such fun people before.

I'll probably even miss my troublesome SAW 09 rifle. lol.

The only thing i'll probably not miss is the LONG LONG hours of area cleaning prior to each bookout. It was 7 hours long today. Supposed to book out at 3pm and ended up booking out at 10pm.

Guess it's off to Brunei next week. 10 days. What a way to start the Pro term.::

.:dEnZiL crapped at 6/22/2006 01:56:00 AM:.
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::5 LONG weeks have passed in OCS so far. Havent blogged for real long too now that im forced to keep a journal in there. Forced mind you.

Anyway, training's tough. But fun too. Getting used to the life the discipline the food the pay and everything else. Just done with the much dreaded section field camp and got many injuries, including 7 abrasions, a bruised knee, and tens of thousands of mosquito bites.

Johnson is not in Tango Wing with me anymore! Ah. He got posted to Air Wing after the first 2 weeks. Idiot ah leave me alone in here.

Havent seen so many of my friends in so long. Like Joel and CC, and my school friends, and i miss SCHOOL. Believe it or not.

A funny thing is that my platoon has 4 VJC soccer players, all of whom i played against in the final of last year's soccer tournament. Reunion of rivals? And so that makes a total of 6 soccer players in my platoon. Everyone's damn fit in here. 12 pull ups is lousy and everyone runs below 10 minutes. And of course having a 2 man bunk is cool but i rather have a 12 man bunk. More bonding.

Oh Well, saw this somewhere.

Instructions: Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud, and press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO CHEATING.(i didn't say the qns out loud la. like that'll make a diff. so retarded)

How does the world see me?
Hilary Duff - Our Lips Are Sealed. wow thats nice. dumb shit.


Will i have a happy life?
Liz Phair - Why Cant I? Oh shit. Kinda goes eh.

What do my friends really think of me?
Ashlee Simpson - Boyfriend. Kana lah! Are you retarded?


Do people secretly lust after me?
Black Eyed Peas - Dont Lie . This is getting really stupid. I think the music player is playing tricks.


How can I make myself happy?
Velvet Revolver - Set Me Free. Wahahaha. Dumb.


What should I do with my life?
Savage Garden - I Knew i Loved You. No Comments.

Will I ever have children?
Hanson - Penny and Me. Who the hell is Penny?!

What is some good advice for me?
Busted - Sleeping With The Light On. Wth. How to sleep like that.

How will I be remembered?
Five For Fighting - Superman. Wahahaha. Serious bo?

What is my signature dancing song?
Rihanna - Pon De Replay. Hahahaha. Hey ChungChi i thought THIS is your favorite song not mine? hahaha.

.What do I think my current theme song is?
Ray J - If I Had One Wish. Coooooool.

What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You. Awwwww...

What song will play at my funeral?
Liam Lynch - United States of Whatever. Shit man. Of all times to play this song you stupid music player.

What type of men/women do I like?
Simple Plan - Perfect. This is getting really weird. hahaha.

What is my day going to be like?
50 cent - In Da Club. Now thats more like it. Haha. Finally its done.

Try it lah. See what stupid songs your music player tries to play. I'll be back when i can. =)::

.:dEnZiL crapped at 4/23/2006 02:43:00 AM:.
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it's the beginning of a long journey. i dont wanna go back to camp. This song and Nickelback's Far Away are just so true.

TRADEMARK - ONLY LOVE

2 a.m. and the rain is falling

Here we are at the crossroads once again

You're telling me you're so confused

You can't make up your mind

Is this meant to be

You're asking me

But only love can say - try again or walk away

But I believe for you and me

The sun will shine one day

So I'll just play my part

And pray you'll have a change of heart

But I can't make you see it through

That's something only love can do

In your arms as the dawn is breaking

Face to face and a thousand miles apart

I've tried my best to make you see

There's hope beyond the pain

If we give enough, if we learn to trust

[Chorus]

I know if I could find the words

To touch you deep inside

You'd give our dream just one more chance

Don't let this be our good-bye

You may not know this, but this 19 day confinement is gonna kill me. and then the 9months. I cant bear to go to camp with you left behind. I love you dear.

and i admit im scared....

and i feel like crying again..

especially when i listen to Nickelback's Far Away.

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.:dEnZiL crapped at 3/20/2006 06:14:00 AM:.
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::Woohoo! I havent blogged in over a month! So many things to write so little time.

The past month(and a few days) has been a rollercoaster ride to say the least. One month (and a few days) ago, i was just recovering from my high fever. The blood test results eventually revealed i had Myco-Plasma-Pneumonia which lead to my prolonged high fever. Lucky never OOT ah. lol.

Throughout my long ATTN C and the remainder of BMT, I discovered there were people who actually sincerely cared and bothered to help me despite the rigourous schedule they had to adhere to themselves. To these people, thanks ALOT for helping me catch up again. Wasnt easy trying to catch up from the back.

9th February 2006. The day i was officially off my MC and thrown back into the fray in Tekong. Lol, as expected i brought MORE tidbits and drinks in cuz the guys were midway through their 16 day confinement and the snacks were almost all finished. Suddenly being thrown back into the fray wasnt easy for me for physically and mentally. After all, i was out for 14 days without physical training and tekan-ing, inclusive of the long CNy break. I was very happy to see all my platoon mates again. Beats having to stay home all day.

9th Feb also marked the day where time SEEMED to speed up in Tekong. There was SO much catching up for me to do. Day One in Tekong and i had to take my Technical Handling (TH) test, Stripping/Assembling Rifle Test and go for Lessons ONE TO EIGHT at the IMT. The guys would usually have 2 lessons at a go shooting about 8 magazines in total but in my case, having misses the last 3 lessons, i had to re-sit all 8 lessons at a go, firing a total of 34 magazines. I remember i got scolded by the guy there cuz i kept aiming way off target. Of course lah, i dint even know how to take aim. I was a Bobo Shooter.

Day 2 wasnt much slack either. Given my status as a 'Day 2' i wasnt supposed to be involved in any strenuous physical activities. Yet i insisted on taking my IPPT that day. Actually i took the IPPT that day for fear that i had to stay back the following weekend just to do the IPPT. haha. Anyway, i got silver. One pull up short of a gold. Wasted. Then right after that i had to go for IMT lesson 9. Stupid.

Oh yah and it was real dumb walking around with my tag stating that i was suffering from 'Respitatory Problems'. Note the spelling.

Day 3 was FIELD CAMP. 3 days in and i had to go for field camp. I pity Alvin. Just before we set off for the 8km Route March to the campsite he had high fever and had to be sent home. 8km route march for me was HELL. Suddenly wasnt used to carrying loads on my back and having to sing and keep in step.

We only had a 6 day field camp instead of the usual 7 day field camp. I think cuz it was rumoured that our A level results would be released on our 7th day of field camp so the officers had to pack 7 days worth of programmes into 6 days and it wasnt very good either. It meant the schedule was really packed and we were rushing ALL the time. On the whole, field camp was a really good experience. Im surprised i managed to get through the 6 days especially with a HUGE LIABILITY sleeping next to me. Kiddin. My patience finally ran out during field camp cuz of my buddy. It sucked having to build a 2-men tent on my own cuz he dint know how to put in the tent pins. It also sucked cuz he snored like a wild boar. And when he dint snore he was talking to himself. And it also sucked cuz i had to responsible for him, being his buddy. But glad its over. Just feel kinda bad now that i was scolding him almost the whole day cuz he was blur.

We learnt how to dig our shellscrape, trench, use the latrine and even MAKE THE LATRINE. Remember the Hentak-Kaki just to flatten the grass patch? haha. We learnt to be more independent and to survive in the jungle. And it was the first time we got to fire blanks and had to use certain movement drills juz to dart between trees. It was fun. The only bad part was that we had 2 turn-outs within the 6 days. Crazy-ness. Imagine being woken up in the middle of the night by thunderflashes and having to fall in with FULL BATTLE ORDER in 2 minutes. And in my buddy's case, he unpacked almost everything from his bag the night before. So on top of packing his stuff, putting on his clothes and shoes he still had to help me tearn down the basha (which of course he didnt). After 2 minutes, hardly anyone fell in. And we got Tekan-ed like crazy while we were still half awake only. lol.

Right after field camp (and the long weekend of course) was Sit-Test. What the hell, just back from Tekong Jungle and we had to be sent straight in again for Sit-test. Sit-test plays a big part in determining whether u go to command school or not, or thats what the assessors said. Sit-test also meant sitting down and testing your patience cuz more than half of the time we were waiting. Lol. Anyway, we were all split up into many details. i was in Detail Golf. And from my platoon there was only Guohui John and Jeffery with me. Thank God my buddy was in a different detail cuz it meant NOT sharing the basha with him. haha. My new buddy for the Sit-test was a very nice and responsible guy called Kaiwei. I was assigned the role of MEDIC. Platoon Sgt Imran told the assessor that i should be given the role of medic (a.k.a very shiong job) cuz he wanted to laugh at me. Idiot. And when they gave out the jobs at random i got medic. So dumb. Especially running around in SBO with that bloody heavy and cumbersome stretcher in a field pack on your back.

Right after Sit-test was LIVE RANGE. And what the hell, i only went to the IMT centre twice while the rest went 5 times. But shooting was fun. Especially night shooting cuz the targets were HUGE and we were using tracers. Damn cool i thought. My day shooting test cocked up. V153 i HATE you. lol. V153 was the rifle i had throughout my stay in BMT. It cocked up big time during the Day Shoot. Classified as a Serious I.A. cuz the round inside had the possibility of firing on its own due to something that happened inside my gun. The OC had to come down personally to DISMANTLE my gun and remove the round, while all the other officers and recruits were forced to clear out from the firing chamber. And the whole shooting thing was delayed about 10 minutes cuz of me. Stupid gun. SO Paiseh can?

The first day of Live Range was also the day i was made Platoon IC. A huge surprise for me especially cuz the previous Platoon ICs were at least given a hint that they'll be next, while i wasnt. And i JUST came back from Long ATTN C so it was a bit of a shock. Wasnt prepared at all. But being platoon IC meant that i couldnt be the LAST to wake up anymore and that i had to keep track of time ( i usually depended on others). I was platoon IC for 10 days. Amazingly long (and sometimes frustrating when the D.I. was Sgt Huang) but i survived 3 book in/outs, 16km and 24km route march, Handgrenading , SOC and the final IPPT. Whew. Felt like giving up sometimes but thanks to Mark Hengyi Jonathan and some of the other platoon ICs, i didnt.

And then came handgrenade. Damn fun lah. Too bad we only could throw once. IVAN GUO! Waste my time know. Blind Boy. lol. Ivan threw a 'blind', a grenade which did not explode. And we had to wait 15 minutes cuz of him b4 the C4 could be put in place. Hehe.

1st March 2006. The day that i never wanted to come. Release of A level results. We were released from camp the night before to collect the results. Went to school nervous of course. Sau Mun and Benny were already called down to school for photo taking cuz they did really well. As for Luther, he dint get called so he was worried that he dint do well.. And with Luther being the smartest of the 4 of us, of course me and Johnson and Keith were worried also. We were the last few to walk to the hall. Apparently there was live screening of the results collection in LT4 where the current J2s are. I went to the hall and for some reason Mrs Chong kept smiling at me. Freaky can? I went to sit with my classmates at the left side of the hall. Saw so many nervous and anxious faces. Ms Lai said there were 86 straight A students. And each one had to go up to stage to colect the result slip. I thought Luther and Johnson would be somewhere in there so I took a nap first. I was dozing off when a few names after Johnson's name came MY name. Shocked lah can? Joel woke me up and I went up to the stage and took the results and when i sat back down i was still in a shock. Luther got A A A too. So did Johnson. and ME. Up there with the smarties for ONCE. Im still in a shock even after 2 weeks actually.

Some probably would say i dint deserve it cuz i was still getting O F F during mid-years but u guess studying with Luther Keith and Johnson did pay off in the end. They pushed me to study even when i wanted to give up or lag behind. Thanks loads guys. It's really been a miracle for me cuz i was just aiming to get B B C at most, and i got A A A instead. =D

Back to camp. and the 24km Route march. It was fun but hell at some points when we got damn shagged. But he all got damn high as approached the finishing point. Motivation. Finished the route march with 6 abrasions. Unbelievable siah.

7th March 2006. The day we were waiting for finally came.
In the morning we had a mass area cleaning session, making the bunk area clean for the next intake which were due to come in on the 9th of March. Some of us had to go for FFI and missed most of the area cleaning. I cleaned my beloved ground floor toilet for the last time with Guohui Kelvin ChinHao and YuZhi. Went back up and packed everything, changed into the smartest 4 and went downstairs. As we walked down the stairs I told Kelvin Li that this would be the last time ever we walked down the stairs, and the last time we would see the bunk we slept in for 2 months. Kinda sad feeling actually, but happy to POP lah. The POP went quite smoothly just that the Guest-of-Honor took so long for the inspection and speech and the prize presentation ceremony that my right hand went numb just by holding the muzzle. Felt good to POP cuz it meant the last of Tekong too. Sigh. If only she were there to watch my POP i'd have been so much happier. Was jealous of all my other friends whose girlfriends came to watch them POP. Sigh. Anyway we took lotsa photos after that and finally we left Tekong.

And i cant seem to load them up.::

.:dEnZiL crapped at 3/16/2006 07:32:00 PM:.
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::I miss you so much. You know that?
And it hurts cuz im not gonna get to talk to you for the next 9 days.
And i hardly got to message/call you the past 2 days.

but i understand.

I just miss you alot.::

.:dEnZiL crapped at 2/08/2006 11:25:00 PM:.
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